ENGLISHWith all the strenuous work that I had along this month, I was kinda tired to prepare this post (or any post, by the way) but then I said to myself: "this is not work, right ???... Is therapy !!!"...

So I stopped complaining like a little girl to face it like a man !!!...

Now let’s admit it, this year has been a tough one and I guess that I’m not the only one thinking this way.

You work hard and that’s good but sometimes you don’t get what you want and i don’t mean only money (which is fine, while you can fulfill your responsibilities) but some recognition =/////...

Actually I had to do some adjustments to my budget (specially when it comes to my hobby), because my obligations grow as time goes by, but my wage is still the same until now...

Thank GOD, I still have a good balance, because without Him I’m a lousy administrator.

Now I’m trying to focus on my tastes (and that sounded weird, I know !!!)...

I mean, I still like variety so you will not know what will pop up here next time, but my budget for collectibles has been "shrunken" so, I have to be even more restrictive when I like something and I want to buy it.

The good news is that I’ve made some "sweet deals" lately so there are some big surprises (or should I say T-Bombs ???), waiting to be published, but my orders for new toys have been reduced to almost zero.

Well, I guess it’s time to pay the bills and enjoy what I’ve already got from the hands of the LORD.

On the other hand, this year I have received a lot of nice gifts from my family, friends and fellow collectors, so much that I couldn’t publish them all, so the rest will be published in 2013 =))))).

Also this was the year of my delightful return to diecast vehicles, something that brings back a lot of good memories, probably more than other kind of collectibles because they were the only toys affordable for my parents in my younger years...

However now as an adult, my target are the not so common, not so cheap diecast miniatures (the law of compensation working again... LOL).

It’s time to wish to all my visitors a brand New Year full of the blessings of the GOD of the Bible and the LORD Jesus Christ, hopefully you check your path since He will come back soon to purify this world of all kinds of iniquities... He promised and none of His promises has ever failed...

8 comments:

Happy New Year to you pal and wish you better year 2013. Totally understand that it can be quite tiring to commit some time for blogging despite our busy work schedule and growing commitments for family (in my case). Nice rollout of your TTT and nice Linebarrels gasaphon btw.

thank you so much buddy for your wish and the compliment on this post !!! HEHE... after 3 years you begin to get used to blog, is a good routine, a "therapy" as i mentioned, because there are times when you’re really tired of many things and you want to think in other kind of stuff... 2013 looks promising and with the help of GOD it will be a good year... =)

HEHE... you like vintage as i do, nice !!! i don’t blame you, they’re awesome it doesn’t matter how much time passes... Happy New Year and GOD bless you too !!!... maybe 2013 will be a year full of nice toys for us... =D

Happy New Year!!!! :D great summary of your top 10 toys for the whole year!! I wish I had planned for that :( I agree that the first award should go to the Mad Max by Autoart that's really impressive and expensive catch haha it deserves it's place.. and that Majorette! I didnt know you have that and it's pretty rare I had no idea there is a 1:60 scale diecast all I know is 1:50. I'm happy for your great hauls for the last year and I look forward seeing your 2013 hauls! :D

happy New year pal !!! and don’t worry my lil’ grasshopper (LOLOLOL)... actually i was hesitating a bit the first time i published my TTT, but a fellow collector encouraged me to do that... this year i will be waiting for yours =D... by the way, if you want to read more info about the Majorette Porsche this link will be helpful... its 1:60 scale is almost equivalent to the regular 1:64 and is the normal scale in the old (and recent, i guess) diecast by this ex-french brand...

HEHE... actually i didn’t expect to be this "lucky"... nowadays is an item really hard to find and if you do, the price is quite intimidating !!!... the Interceptor is an all time favorite for me and seems to be an eyecandy for you, LOL... =D

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